Penholder.



No. 6785703. Y Patented July I6, |9GI.

J. V. WASHBUH'NE.

PENHoLnEn.

(Application Bled Nov. 14. 1900.)

'(No Model.)

lUNiTnn FTnTns FnTnNT @Trina .IAMFS V. W'ASHBURNE, OF VATERBURY,CONNECTICUT.

PENHOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 678,703, dated July 16,1901. Application filed November 14, 1900. Serial No. 36,469. (Nomodel.)

To al?, whom, it may con/cern:

Beit known that I, JAMES V. WASHBURNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at lVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented an Improvement in Penholders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to a penholder having a handle, a tubular end, anda longitudinallyarranged gripping member Within the tubular end, theobjects being to simplify the construction of the mechanism, reduce thecost, and more positively hold the pen in the penholder.

In carrying out my invention Iprovide a tubular end and alongitudinally-extendingand transversely-arranged gripping membertherein that is bent in cross-section and which member has ayieldingfunction on the insertion of a pen. The bent gripping member is adaptedto different forms of tubular ends. This grip'- pin g member may be bentin cross-section in approximately the form of a letter S or of aconcavo-eonvex strip, either of which preferable forms provides for theyielding function on the insertion of the pen.

In the drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal section and partialelevation, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section at @c w of Fig. l, representingthe simpler or generic form of the invention. Fig. 3 is a partiallongitudinal section, and Fig. 4: an end view, representing amodification. Fig. 5 is a cross-section showing thelongitudinally-arranged gripping member of concave-convex form incross-section. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section and partial elevation.Fig. 7 is an end View; Fig. S, an inverted plan at one end. Fig. 9 is across-section approximately at y y of Fig. 6, showing aslightly-modified form of the devices shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8. Fig.lOis a longitudinal section and partial elevation, and Fig. 1l across-section atea of Fig. l0,showingafurther modification. Fig. l2isalongitudinal sect-ion and partial elevation, and Fig. 13 across-section at no of Fig. l2, showing still another modification. Fig.14 is apartial longitudinal section and elevation, and Fig. l5 across-section at y' 'j of Fig. 14, showing still another modified formof the invention.

In Figs. l and 6 the end of the handle @has a reduced portion a toreceive the tubular metal end i9. In Fig. lO the tubular end b surroundsthe handle and is movable longitudinally thereon, while in Figs. 12 andle the tubular end b2, surrounding the handle, may not be longitudinallymovable thereon.

The longitudinally and transversely arranged gripping member in itsentire length may be of approximately S form in cross-section, as shownin Figs. l, 2, 3, 4f, 6, 7, 8, 9, l0, and Il, or of approximately S formin cross-section for part of its length, as shown in Figs. l2 and 14.,or of concavo-convex form, as shown in Fig. 5. This gripping member iswithin the tubular end and extends across the same, occupying anapproximately central position. Figs. l and 2 show the generic structurein which this gripping member of approximately S form in crosssection ismade,preferably,with rounded ends and simplyinserted in the tubular end.Said gripping member c will maintain its position in the tubular end,because of the friction between its opposite edges or contactingsurfaces and the inner opposite surfaces of the tubular member, and itwill not pull out from said end when the pen is removed,mainly becausethe under gripping edge against the tubular end has a longer frictionalline than the portion of the opposite edge engaging the pen, so that, asit were, the balance of power mechanically is in favor of the grippingmember maintaining its place in the tubular end. However, if desirable',the outer end of the tubular portion h may be 'slightly contracted, asshown in Figs. .3 and 4, to insure the gripping member remaining withinthe tubular end.

As a further means for holding the longitudinally-arranged grippingmember within the tubular end I may provide the tubular end with anoutward projection and corresponding internal recess 2 and thelongitudinally-arranged member c with a projection 3, fitting the same,the said parts being sprung to place. This projection and recess 2 maybe replaced with a hole 4; in the tubular end and the projection 3slightly lengthened to pass into or through the same, and where a formof penholder is employed such as shown in Figs. 6, 7, and 8, and inwhich the end is IOO beveled and provided with a center, I prefer tomake the gripping member c with an end projection 5 to be received inthe notch 6 at the end of the tubular end of the holder, so as toprevent the pen being accidentally inserted at the wrong side or in amanner that would tend to loosen the gripping member.

In Fig. 10 the longitudinally-arranged gripping member c is ofapproximately S form throughout and passes into a notch in the end ofthe handle a and is preferably held in place by a pin '7. With this formof holder I prefer to provide the tubular end h with a mortise 8 and topass a pin 9 through the handle ci, the said pin moving through themortise 8 with the longitudinal movement of the tubular end over thegripping member, the pin preventing the tubular end coming away from thehandle and in the movement of the tubular end h/ providing foruncovering the pen and allowing the same to drop away from the holder.

In the modification shown in Figs. 12 and 13 the gripping member c, ofapproximately S form, is provided with an end c2, strictly flat andadapted to pass into a narrow cut made in the end of the handle et, withwhich device I prefer to employ a pin 10, passing through the handle toprevent the removal of the gripping member.

The modification shown in Figs. 14: and 15 represents a device similar,so far as the gripping member, handle, and tubular end are concerned, tothat shown in Figs. 12 and 13, except that in the place of the pin 10the Hat portion c2, formed with the gripping member and inserted in thecut in the handle, may be provided with ends or lips 11, adapted to bebent over into the wood of the handle, so as to hold the gripping memberin its relation to the handle and prevent the accidental removal of thesame, the same as would the pin 10.

In all of these devices the pen is inserted and held within the tubularend between the under surface of the tubular end and a surface of thelongitudinally extending and transversely-arranged gripping member, andthis gripping member being bent in cross-section provides a yieldingfunction to compensate for the insertion of the pen, the gripping memberslightly changing its shape on the insertion of the pen rather than thetubular end, which in itself may or may not have a yielding action, andsaid yielding function maintaining the frictional grip of thelongituevene?.

dinally-arranged member upon the pen to hold the same in place.

It will be noted that in the accompanying drawings in all the formschosen to illustrate my invention the inner member or device for holdingthe pen in connection with the tubular end has a plane from its oppositeparallel edges or contacting surfaces which virtually divides thetubular end into equal parts.

I claim as my invention- 1. A penholder having a tubular end for thereception of a pen and a longitudinallyextending andtransversely-arranged gripping member therein bent in cross-section,substantially as specified.

2. A penholder having a tubular end for the reception of a pen, and asuitably-arranged inner member of a form which in cross-sectionapproximates aletter S ,substantially as described.

3. The combination in a penholder with the tubular end, of alongitudinally-arranged gripping member, a lug upon one edge formaintaining the position of the same in the tubular end and a projectionupon the same edge at the outer end to prevent the pen being insertedupon the wrong side, substan tially as specified.

4t. A penholder having a tubular end for the reception of a pen and aninner longitudinallyextending resilient gripping member bent incross-section and adapted to a lateral yielding action in gripping thepen between the same and the tubular end, substantially as described.

`5. Apenholder having a tubular end for the reception of a pen and alongitudinallyextending gripping member therein bent'in cross-sectionand which member extends transversely of the tubular end and through thelongitudinal axis thereof substantially dividing the space inclosed bythe tubular end into equal parts, substantially as set forth.

6. In a penholder having a tubular end for the reception of a pen,alongitudinally-arranged inner device bent in cross-section and having aplane from its opposite parallel edges which virtually divides the saidtubular end into equal parts, substantially as described.

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Signed by me this 9th day of November, g

